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THE NEWSLETTER OF THE PRO FOOSBALL TOUR NO. 19 June 2005
Published By Inside Foos Productions Huntington Beach, California http://www.insidefoos.com
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CONTENTS:
2005 National Championships
2005 Texas State Championship Report
Texas State Championship Results
Texas State Championship DVD Listings
Inside the Pro Tour...
Inside Foos Special Offers
Upcoming Events
Foosball Sites
"WINDY CITY" HOSTS 2005 USTSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Chicago, Illinois will become the center of the foosball universe this June 30 through July 4 as the USTSA presents the 2005 National Championships. The beautiful Sheraton Hotel (Chicago Northwest) in Arlington Heights will be the host for this annual early-summer event that always features some of the season's best foosball action. At last year's Nationals, Tony Spredeman and Billy Pappas faced-off in a scintillating two-set final that saw Spredeman come out on top for his second career major title. Tony and Billy are expected to be two of the big favorites for this year's honors as well.
Just as in Las Vegas at the season-opening International Championships, this year's Nationals will feature the new "double-flght" format for Amateur and Semi Pro players. However, there have been some significant changes to the format that was originally introduced at the Vegas event:
-Each individual flight will now pay out to the top 6 players/teams. Instead of two flights playing for one payout as we saw in March, there will be individual payouts in each flight with a total prize fund of $5300 in the Semi Pro events and $4100 for the Amateur division winners.
-Only the winners of each flight will now play off for additional bonus money ($500 in Singles, $1000 in Doubles). The format at the nationals will offer a greater reward to the winners of the flights by allowing just the first place finishers in each of the singles and doubles flights the opportunity to play for the national title.
Other announced enhancements to the 2005 Chicago event include Friday qualifying events for every ratings division, with the top 2 finishers in each doubles and singles qualifier becoming eligible to compete against the sport's elite players in the big-money Championship events. Also, the opening day festivities (Thursday, June 30) will include the first-ever ITSF International Cup Open Singles competition, which is open to all players, with the top finishers moving closer towards qualifying for all-expense-paid trips to Italy for the ITSF World Series Playoff this fall.
The 2005 Nationals will also present the annual Masters Singles competition, which showcases the top Pro and Pro Master players in attendance in a single elimination battle to decide who will be taking home the prestigious Green Jacket. Last year in Minneapolis, Terry Moore defeated two-time winner Robert Mares to earn his second career Masters title and will look to join Todd Loffredo as the only three-time winners at the Chicago event.
You can still pre-register for the 2005 National Championships (the deadline has been moved to June 24th), or get information on reserving your room at the Sheraton Hotel by going to http://www.vifa.com. You can also check out the tournament flyer at http://www.vifa.com/pdf/Nationals%20Poster%202005.pdf.
BILLY THE KID EARNS SECOND STRAIGHT TEXAS TRIPLE
Twenty year old Billy Pappas continued his rise to the top of the foosball world with a truly remarkable three day performance at this year's $25,000 Texas State Championships. For the second consecutive year "Billy the Kid" won all three major open titles at the annual Texas event, which was held this past May 27-29 in the city of Irving. and heads into the Chicago nationals as the hottest player on the professional tour.
The brilliant 20-year-old from Massachusetts once again won the Mixed Doubles title, with Joy Steward, coming from the loser's side to defeat Brittany Cersosimo and Joy's husband Matt in the final, and then paired with Tony Spredeman (who's also just 20) to claim the Open Doubles title for the second straight year. Billy and Tony also showcased their skills in the Open Singles final, putting on one of the most entertaining head-to-head performances of recent years, with Pappas finally coming out on top after a thrilling five game thrill ride.
In the doubles event Pappas and Spredeman faced-off against Terry Moore and Tracy McMillin who had fought their way back to the final after a quarterfinal loss to eventual third place finishers Matt Steward and Eddy Gartman. Moore and McMillin avenged that loss in the loser's bracket final and then faced-off against the two talented 20-year-olds with the 2005 Texas State title on the line.
Entering the doubles final with momentum after five straight loser's side wins, Moore and McMillin won a closely-contested game one by a score of 5-4, and it appeared that the final match could become a close and competitive championship decider. But Pappas and Spredeman quickly took back control of the match in game two, outscoring Terry and Tracy by a combined total of 15 to 5 in the next three games to win 5-2, 5-2, and 5-1 and earn a second straight Texas Open Doubles title. With both the Mixed and Open Doubles titles now in hand Billy then turned his attention to the singles event and the opportunity to play against his talented teammate Tony Spredeman.
The Open Singles final in Texas was quite simply one of the most well-played and entertaining matches of the past few foosball seasons. Looking for his third open win of the weekend, Billy Pappas, who seems to be unstoppable from his 3-row, won the winner's bracket, while his doubles partner Spredeman decisively defeated third-place finisher Rob Mares to claim the loser's side of the bracket and reach a finals showdown withthe red hot Mr. Pappas.
In the final, Pappas pulled out a close first game 5-4, but Spredeman answered back, using his outstanding ball-handling skills to consistently advance the ball rod-to-rod to his 3-row, where he then utilized his devastating "walk-the-dog" snake shot to find the back of the goal and win game two, 5-1. Billy, whose 3-row shooting percentage seems to always be in the 70 percent range these days, responded with a 5-4 third game victory to move ahead in the match two games to one.
With both players competing with tremendous energy and desire, the momentum swayed back to Tony's side of the table in game four as he again played a nearly perfect game in winning 5-1. In game five Spredeman continued his high level of play, passing and scoring with great efficiency to surge ahead 4-1, and move within one point of a second and deciding set. But Pappas, who with his amazing array of offensive weapons is never out of a match, stormed back with four straight points, all within about two minutes time, to win the Texas State Open Singles title for the second straight year in a five game thriller and become one of the few players to ever triple in back-to-back years at a tournament of $25,000 or more.
TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP DVDS, $35 at http://www.insidefoos.com: Texas State DVDs are finished and have already been shipped to our customers in the USA. Overseas Package subscribers will receive them with their National Championship DVDs in about 6 weeks. This years DVD set features Billy Pappas's second consecutive "triple" and other great performances from players like Moore, McMillin, Mares, Steward, Gartman, John Smith, Tom Yore and others. You'll also see the amazing Open Singles final between Pappas and Spredeman and the Inside Foos debut of former world champion Chad Hanson. To order go to the homepage at http://www.insidefoos.com.
ATTENTION Texas State Rookie, Semi Pro and Specialty Event Finalists: All final matches at the recent Texas States were recorded and are available for sale. You can order just your match for $20 (email info@insidefoos.com for ordering info) or receive your match free with the purchase of the Texas State DVD set by going to http://www.insidefoos.com and ordering from the homepage (just include the event's name in the message box).
DVD Player Compatibility Issues: Since changing DVD burners and implementing a new labeling process, we have experienced no compatibility issues with any of our 2005 customers. However, as always, our DVDs are completely guaranteed just in case.
2005 FULL SEASON PACKAGES ARE AVAILABLE: Enjoy the entire 2005 season on DVD for one low price. Save $55 by ordering the 2005 Full Season Package, which includes the 8-hour Internationals, the Texas State Championships, the upcoming Nationals and 10-hour World Championships, all for $155 including shipping, at http://www.insidefoos.com.
KEEP THE CARDS AND LETTERS COMING: If you have a question or comment about Inside Foos, or anything regarding the world of foosball, don't hesitate to email us at newsletter@insidefoos.com.
Thanks and we'll seeya foosin'...
Jim Stevens
Inside Foos Productions
http://www.insidefoos.com
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AVAILABLE NOW AT http://www.insidefoos.com
2005 TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS $35
2005 INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS $50 (Now 4 DVDs, 8 Hours!)
2005 FULL SEASON PACKAGE (Int. Champ., TX State, Nats, 10 hour World Championships) $150 (SAVE $55)
2004 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 6-Hour Version ( 3 DVDs) ... $50 10-Hour (5 DVDs) ... $60
2004 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS $50
2004 TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS $35
2004 HALL OF FAME CLASSIC $50
2004 FULL SEASON PACKAGE $150 (SAVE $55)
NOW ON SALE!
THE INSIDE FOOS COMPLETE COLLECTION 1994-2004
- 11 Full Tour Seasons
- 49 Total Events
- 121 Individual DVDs
- 240 Hours of Championship Foosball Action
Also Available... The 1994-2002 Edition...$495.00
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2005 TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
OPEN DOUBLES
1. Billy Pappas/Tony Spredeman
2. Terry Moore/Tracy McMillin
3. Matt Steward/Eddy Gartman
4. Tom Yore/John Smith
5/6. Chad Hanson/Scott King
5/6. Dan Sloan/Chuck Moore
OPEN SINGLES
1. Billy Pappas
2. Tony Spredeman
3. Robert Mares
4. Brandon Moreland
5/6. Tracy McMillin
5/6. Terry Moore
OPEN MIXED DOUBLES
1. Billy Pappas/Joy Steward
2. Matt Steward/ Brittany Cersosimo
3. Tracy McMillin/ Gena Murray
OPEN WOMEN'S DOUBLES
1. Moya Tielens/Joy Steward
2. Maggie Strong/Gena Murray
3. Liz Hellstern/Christina Fuchs
OPEN WOMEN'S SINGLES
1. Moya Tielens
2. Dusty Bambanek
3. Liz Hellstern
SEMI PRO DOUBLES Chrysander Estrella/Brad Laurine
SEMI PRO SINGLES Chris Harrington
ROOKIE DOUBLES Regis Levesque/Matthew Keezer
ROOKIE SINGLES Zack Ziegler
3500 LIMITED Mike Counter/Warren Van Landingham
FRIDAY DYP Terry Moore/Rex Bennett
VIFA DYP Chris Hesano/Gene Tennant
WOMEN'S DYP Melissa Kegg/Becky Cherry
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TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP DVD LISTINGS
DISC ONE
MOORE/MCMILLIN VS. STEWARD/GARTMAN
STEWARD/GARTMAN VS. HANSON/KING
PARK VS. MARES
PAPPAS/SPREDEMAN VS. STEWARD/GARTMAN
MARES VS. PAPPAS
MOORE VS. SPREDEMAN
DISC TWO
MOORE/MCMILLIN VS. MARES/RUE
YORE/SMITH VS. MOORE/MCMILLIN
MARES VS. MCMILLIN
MOORE/MCMILLIN VS. STEWARD/GARTMAN
MARES VS. SPREDEMAN
OPEN DOUBLES FINAL: PAPPAS/SPREDEMAN VS. MOORE/MCMILLIN
OPEN SINGLES FINAL: PAPPAS VS. SPREDEMAN
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INSIDE THE PRO TOUR...
The amazing Billy Pappas enters the upcoming Chicago event as the hottest player in the sport and a clear favorite to win at least one National Championship title...
Billy's phenomenal "double-triple" in Texas has to rank as one of the more spectacular achievements of recent years...
The Open Singles final was especially entertaining with both players really leaving it all on the table...
Congrats also to Moya Tielens and Joy Steward who both doubled at the Irving, Texas event...
Moya won Women's Singles and Doubles, while Joy won with Moya and Billy Pappas, double-dipping her husband Matt and partner Brittany Cersosimo along the way...
Foosball Hall of Famer Steve Murray, David Radack, Rex Bennett, Marcos Reyes and crew once again ran an air-tight event, and the multi-ballroom set-up was the best ever...
Texas States saw the return to the tour of two of the best lady players ever, Liz Hellstern (formerly Hill) and Maggie Strong (Dix)...
Liz finished third in both singles and doubles while Maggie, one of the game's best push-shooters was the runner-up in doubles with partner Gena Murray...
Long-time Texas foosball stars Joe Compean and Eddie Lueras were recognized as the newest "Texas Legends of Foosball" in a ceremony on the event's final day...
Compean, from the Houston area, was one of Dynamo and Tornado's biggest winners in the 1970s, while Lueras is a three-time winner of the World Goalie War Championship (1995, 1998, and 2001)...
The 2005 National Championships, being held in Chicago for the first time ever, are only a matter of days away...
To pre-register for this annual early-summer tour stop go to http://www.vifa.com...
For room reservations call 847-394-2000...
TRIVIA TIME: Who was the last player to "triple" (winning Singles, Doubles and Mixed) at the National Championships?
TRIVIA ANSWER: Todd Loffredo, who won Open Singles, Open Doubles with Terry Moore, and Mixed with Shelly Langley in New Orleans back in 1993...
Frederic Collignon also accomplished a triple of sorts at the Atlanta Nationals in 2002, winning Singles, Doubles and Masters Singles...
Fred also finished second to Rob Mares and Debra Pflipsen in Mixed Doubles (playing with Ingrid Hauben) at the 2002 event in his only National Championship appearance...
Loffredo and Moore, who are playing together in Chicago, will look to duplicate that 1993 doubles victory at this year's Nationals...
Terry and Todd have won four major titles together: The Kickoff Classic, U.S. Open, and Nationals in 1993, and the inaugural Hall of Fame Classic in 1995...
Other top pairings for this year's Chicago foos-fest include Billy Pappas and Trevor Park, who each have a very good chance of winning their first-ever individual major title in that doubles event...
Pappas has become the king of the regional events in 2005, winning both Singles and Doubles at the $25,000 Superbowl of Foosball in Kentucky, and the $20,000 Utah State Championships, to go along with his spectacular performance in Texas...
Mark Torres and I also competed in Open Doubles at the recent Texas State, and actually won a few matches...
That Torres guy can sure talk a good game...
So long from sunny SoCal, and we'll seeya in the windy city...
JS
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INSIDE FOOS SPECIAL OFFERS...
Inside Foos has been the official video production company of the Tornado Professional Foosball Tour for more than 10 years. Our videos and DVDs are digitally recorded using a multi-camera set-up and feature the play-by-play of "The World's Only Fooscaster" Jim Stevens, with expert commentary from pro-fooser Mark Torres and four-time tour champion Tom Yore.
NEW---> The 2005 Texas State Championships: $35 at http://www.insidefoos.com. See the brilliant Billy Pappas and Tony Spredeman in action at the most recent Inside Foos tour stop. You'll also see names like Moore, Mares, McMillin, Steward, Gartman, Rue, Yore, Smith and others, including 1986 Dynamo world champ Chad Hanson.
NOW 8 HOURS ---> The 2005 International Championship DVD Set----Now on Sale for $50. You can now get the upgraded 8-hour version of this season's opening event at the 6-hour price. This DVD set contains some of the best pro tour action of recent years with several matches going right down to the final ball. Just go to the http://www.insidefoos.com homepage to place your order.
WOW ! ---> THE INSIDE FOOS COMPLETE COLLECTION 1994-2004. 11 Full Tour Seasons , 49 Total Events , 121 Individual DVDs , 240 Hours of Championship Foosball Action! Catch all of the excitement from the past decade on the Tornado Pro Tour packaged In an attractive faux leather DVD binder for only $595.00. That's less than $60 per season! Also Available... The 1994-2002 Edition...$495.00 Go to the homepage at http://www.insidefoos.com to order.
SAVE $55 ---> Order your 200 5 Full Season DVD Package, Receive a Free Texas State DVD Set, and Pay Only $5.00 for Shipping. Stay up-to-date on all the pro tour happenings by ordering the full 2005 USTSA season on DVD. You'll receive the 6-hour Hall of Fame Classsic, National Championships, and Texas State DVDs all for one low sale price. And you'll also pay only $5 shipping for an entire season's worth of DVDs. By ordering the full season package you'll save $70 off regular single event pricing and shipping. DVDs will be shipped 4-6 weeks after each event. TO ORDER: go to http://www.insidefoos.com and scroll down the homepage to the 2005 Packages pay point. We ship in the order received so place your order now!
SAVE $20 ---> Order the 2004 World Championship DVDs and Save $20. You can order the exciting 10-hour, 5-Disc set of 2003 Worlds DVDs at a $20 savings by going to http://www.insidefoos.com and ordering the 6-Hour version for $50. You will automatically be upgraded to the full 10-hour version. These exciting DVD sets include performances from Frederic Collignon, Tony Spredeman, Tommy Adkisson, Rob Mares, Billy Pappas, Terry Moore, Bob Diaz, Moya Tielens,
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UPCOMING EVENTS...
JUNE 30th - JULY 4th
U.S.T.S.A. National Championships
Sheraton Chicago Northwest
3400 w. Euclid Ave.
Arlington Heights, IL
Room Reservations: 847-394-2000
http://www.vifa.com/pdf/Nationals%20Poster%202005.pdf
info@vifa.com
877-833-3603
**An Inside Foos Video Event**
Foosball Sites...
http://www.vifa.com For info on the major pro tour and VIFA leagues. The Official Site of the U.S.T.S.A., V.I.F.A. and Table Talk Magazine.
http://www.natsa.org For complete schedules, results, and Table Sports Radio.
http://www.foosball.com For anything and everything pertaining to foosball.
http://ocfoosball.com Orange County, California foosball site.
http://foosballworld.com/ifp.html Independent Foosball Promotions.
http://foosworld.com/site/default.aspx FoosWorld.com events, results, interviews
http://home.swbell.net/dradack Dallas/Fort Worth foosball
http://www.dfwfoosball.com More Dallas/Fort Worth foos
http://pub86.ezboard.com/bfoosball6358 Foosball EZ Board newsgroup.
http://www.sdfoos.com San Diego, California Foosball site.
http://www.nwfoosball.com Northwest Foosball site.
http://www.ottawafoos.com Ottawa, Canada site.
http://www.britfoos.com U.K. foosball site
http://www.atlantafoosball.com
http://www.tulsafoosball.com
http://www.foosballohio.com
http://members.shaw.ca/vancouverfoosball
http://www.newenglandfoosball.com
http://www.tischfussball.at Austrian Fussball site
http://NYMetroFoosball.i8.com New York City foos
http://www.csfoosball.com Colorado Springs foos site
http://www.cnyfoosball.com Central New York site
http://www.FoosBars.com global, online foosball locations directory
http://www.FoosManchu.com Foosball site featuring a foosball animation short titled "The Adventures of FoosManchu"
http://www.bonziniusa.com Bonzini Table Soccer U.S.A
http://www.warriortablesoccer.com
http://www.MinnesotaFoosball.com
http://www.torontofoos.ca
http://www.ontariotablesoccer.com
http://www.canadafoos.com
http://www.tafelvoetbal.nl Awesome Netherlands foos site
http://www.foozen.com Iowa's Foosball website
http://www.flatheadfoos.com Montana Foosball site
http://www.foosballhk.com Hong Kong Foosball site
http://www.swfoosball.com Southwest U.S. Foosball: Serving Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and neighboring states
http://www.vafoosball.com Northern Virginia Foosball events, players, playing locations and more.
http://www.geocities.com/jabberwockarms84 Toronto Area Fabi site
http://www.utahfoos.com
http://www.nycfoosball.com
http://www.foosmovie.com FOOS-Be the Greatest, a Robert Ismert Documentary
http://www.tischfussball-online.com
http://www.classen-kicker.de
http://www.a-better-tablefootball.be
http://www.futboldemesa.org.ar Argentina Foosball site
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